{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-applaud-senate-passage-of-act-granting-idaho-a-third-federal-judge", "Crapo, Risch Applaud Senate Passage of Act Granting Idaho a Third Federal Judge", "2024-08-02", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "Senate", "ID", "Mike Crapo", "C000880", "www.crapo.senate.gov", "crapo", "https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) applaud the Senate\u2019s unanimous passage of the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved (JUDGES) Act of 2024. Crapo and Risch are co-sponsors, and introduced similar legislation, S. 7, that would create an additional federal district judgeship in Idaho.\n\nThe JUDGES Act of 2024 would address judicial emergencies and shortages across the country by increasing the number of federal district judges in the most overworked regions of the country, including adding a federal judgeship for Idaho. Idaho is one of only three states (along with North Dakota and Vermont) with only two authorized judgeships.\n\n\u201cIt is past time an additional judgeship was added in Idaho to meet the needs of an ever-growing population and legal caseload,\u201d said Crapo. \u201cA third district judge addresses a deficiency in the legal system that has been looming since the last federal judgeship in Idaho was established 70 years ago.\u201d\n\n\u201cWith Idaho\u2019s growing population, our overworked legal system is in desperate need of an additional district judge,\u201d said Risch. \u201cI am pleased to see the Senate pass commonsense legislation to authorize new judgeships to help administer efficient and effective justice in our state.\u201d\n\nThe legislation is also co-sponsored by Senators Todd Young (R-Indiana), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), James Lankford (R-Oklahoma), Alex Padilla (D-California), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-New Mexico), Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut), Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia), Mark Kelly (D-Arizona), Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota), Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), Rick Scott (R-Florida) and Laphonza Butler (D-California).\n\nThe bipartisan legislation will now head to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.crapo.senate.gov/media/newsreleases/crapo-risch-applaud-senate-passage-of-act-granting-idaho-a-third-federal-judge"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8630389347672462, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}